Premium
Nursing knowledge of hepatitis B infection
Author(s) -
HoYen D.O.,
Crossan M.N.,
Walker E.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1985.tb00507.x
Subject(s) - confusion , natural history , medicine , hepatitis , hepatitis b , family medicine , nursing , virology , psychology , psychoanalysis
A questionnaire was given to nurses in two hospitals, one general and one psychiatric. Answers to the questions revealed a lack of knowledge of the natural history of hepatitis B infection. There were no apparent differences between specialities or grades of nursing staff. Confusion of hepatitis A infection with hepatitis B infection was not the cause of incorrect answers.